When Ning Yanlan handed him the dragon-patterned arm guards, Jiang Yuan immediately put them on. After carefully examining them, Jiang Yuan exclaimed, "I really shouldn't have hesitated. I almost missed out on such a good thing!"
He checked all the functions except for the Iron Bones. The Dragon Pattern Armguard matched the information from the Heavenly Eye, and its defensive capabilities were excellent. He even underestimated the Dragon Pattern Armguard.
Although the dragon-patterned arm guards weren't actually dragon-patterned, wearing them gave Jiang Yuan a particularly comfortable feeling. It was as if all the blood in his body received some kind of boost as it passed through the area where the dragon-patterned arm guards were placed, relieving the pressure on his body to varying degrees.
"When we get back, I'll make you a new outfit. Otherwise, this arm guard, robe, and mask look a bit out of place!" Ning Yanlan commented on Jiang Yuan's attire after a careful examination.
"You can also make clothes?" Jiang Yuan asked in surprise.
"No way!" Ning Yanlan crossed her arms and shook her head confidently. "But I can cut out a whole set. Anyway, there are so many abandoned shopping malls now. I can just find a few sets of clothes and fix them for you!"
Jiang Yuan accepted with a faint smile. He looked at the last two seventh-tier cores, both of which were mithril cores, and surprisingly, both had unknown series.
"These Holy Spirit Stones are really not enough. Bu Yao gave us so many Holy Spirit Stones, and we've almost used them all up!" Jiang Yuan sighed as he looked at the Holy Spirit Stones in his personal space that were almost depleted.
“There’s something I find very strange!” Ning Yanlan suddenly said.
Tell me!
Ning Yanlan pointed to the Holy Spirit Stone on the ground, which had turned to powder because its energy had been drained, and said, "You said that a monster can only drop one Holy Spirit Stone. We need to use them to open our core and for cultivation. How can we possibly have enough?"
"Isn't that normal? With such a low core drop rate, there will always be extra Holy Spirit Stones!" Jiang Yuan explained without much thought.
“But that doesn’t make sense. The Holy Spirit Clan hasn’t produced any Holy Spirit Buildings, so where did they get so many Holy Spirit Stones? Could it be that they’ve been slaughtering monsters and Holy Spirit Beasts all this time?” Ning Yanlan questioned, then shook her head and said, “I think that’s unlikely. Where would they get so many monsters and Holy Spirit Beasts to use?”
"Bai, don't worry about that. We'll deal with it when we run out of Holy Spirit Stones!" Jiang Yuan thought Ning Yanlan was worried about not having enough Holy Spirit Stones, so he quickly reassured her.
"Alright, let's deactivate these two cores first!"
The Heavenly Eye probed directly into the core, and a five-fold drop rate appeared in the thirteenth core. After confirming that there was nothing particularly appealing to him, Jiang Yuan chose the five-fold drop rate option.
The core opened quickly, revealing the treasure inside when the box was opened.
Those were five ninth-tier sound transmission stones, of exceptional quality.
I had obtained sound transmission stones before, but the quality of things at different levels is different. The previous sound transmission stones not only had a short range but also easily leaked energy, which limited or even blocked them in many environments.
The newly acquired communication stones not only effectively mitigate these drawbacks, but also increase the number of communication stones to five. This means that the same communication stone can be used by five people, which is undoubtedly a great benefit for the Oath Squad.
Even Jiang Yuan himself didn't expect to get this item. Although the value of the communication stone was average, it was practical, so he could only happily accept it.
The fourteenth core has an unknown series but no high drop rate, so Jiang Yuan chose a rare spiritual fruit.
Netherworld Soul Fruit: A spirit-grade fruit of good quality that can enhance the strength of one's soul after consumption.
The Spirit-level Fruit is already the limit that a seventh-tier core can unlock. It's on the same level as the previous Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruit, but one strengthens the physical body while the other strengthens the soul.
This level of rare and precious materials does not focus on early strength; rather, it is the fruit of cultivating inner potential. Just like many ancient martial arts families, in order to cultivate the next generation of martial arts disciples, they will choose to spend a lot of rare and precious materials to lay a foundation for them when they are young.
Can you say this will immediately bring real-world benefits? Obviously not!
Jiang Yuan was well aware of how these fruits would change their future potential. The strong never become strong overnight; they made ample preparations when they were weak, just to ensure that they could continue on the path to becoming stronger, rather than those who ran out of steam or whose path collapsed.
"Bai, you can eat this fruit. After you finish eating, leave the fruit behind so we can plant another fruit tree!" Jiang Yuan handed the Netherworld Soul Fruit to Ning Yanlan.
Ning Yanlan pouted, indicating that she couldn't eat while wearing a mask. "Let's eat together when we get back, and then we'll plant a tree together!"
"Indeed, girls who can use reduplicated words are the cutest!" Jiang Yuan didn't hold back his praise.
As the two flirted, Leng Yue's aura suddenly fluctuated, and Jiang Yuan's expression became increasingly interesting as he used his Heavenly Eye to detect it.
"This increase in strength is terrifying!" Jiang Yuan exclaimed in surprise as he conducted his investigation.
Leng Yue's energy point limit increased from 117 to 180, but in a very short time after the increase, the energy point limit actually dropped back down. The dual-element energy points of 180 fell below 150, and finally stabilized at 133.
"They actually returned it!" Jiang Yuan was puzzled. Logically speaking, it had already risen to 180, so it shouldn't have fallen to 133. It was very illogical.
"You noticed?" Leng Yue opened her eyes, and compared to before, she now had a more mysterious air about her.
"Why are your energy points going up and down?" Jiang Yuan felt it was necessary to ask, as caring about his teammates was his responsibility as the team leader.
Leng Yue stood up and explained, "I felt that the increase in energy points brought about by the fusion of bloodlines was too artificial, so I suppressed the increase in energy points in time during the burst phase!"
"You mean there's a problem with the enhancement brought by the bloodline?" Jiang Yuan grasped the meaning behind Leng Yue's words, so he also started to think about it.
"It's not that there's a problem, it's just that the combat strength seems too weak!"
After Leng Yue finished speaking, she shook her head. She carefully sensed the energy in her body and continued, "If I didn't suppress the power brought by my bloodline, I might break through to the peak of the seventh rank, or even the eighth rank. But in that case, the energy points would be very inflated. So I try my best to suppress it. I would rather have a lower energy point count than not maintain my strongest strength!"
“That’s true. The energy increase brought by bloodline is indeed a bit superficial and not as pure as that from slow self-cultivation!” Jiang Yuan nodded in agreement.
Leng Yue stopped talking about bloodlines and, after seeing the fourteen boxes on the ground, asked, "Have you all opened your cores?"
"It's all done!" Jiang Yuan didn't hide anything. "By the way, here's the communication stone for you, it'll be convenient for contacting each other in the future! As for the other treasures, I've put away a few useful ones for now. If you don't think you need them, just mention it when you get back, and I'll try to get them for you!"
"No need, the bloodline of the Dark Hunter is enough to be worth a thousand times more than those treasures!" Leng Yue smiled faintly, seemingly very satisfied with the bloodline she had obtained.
"Wait, Shi Zhixi has detected that a group of people who were previously lurking in Yujing New City have attacked other people, including some of our old acquaintances!" Ning Yanlan suddenly said.
"Perfect, our team of flowers can test their skills and show off their true strength!"
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